Fernando Alonso said after announcing his signing Aston Martin last year he went to the green team because he saw it there “a more ambitious project” and featured the “greater trust” who showed the box Silverstone in it, because of that “they don’t check the passport”. When he was negotiating his renewal with Alpine, the French team only wants to offer him one year with the option of another and renew him if once the point is reached, he continues at the same level. They doubted that the Asturian’s age could affect him and wanted to go year after year. Oviedo didn’t like that, going to a team that didn’t even raise that issue. Alonso insists he wants to continue for “two or three more years” and Aston Martin trusts him without thinking about his 41 years, only considering his great performance in recent years.
Therefore, to Otmar Szafnauer, Alpine Team Principalhe was asked again about Fernando Alonso after the podium the Spaniard achieved in Bahrain, in his first race with Aston Martin. “Because he’s been there I just see what I see out there and I think he’s still very motivated, he lives for it, so I think Fernando’s (Alonso) motivation is absolutely there. I guess , Fernando, in what you can do. look at the screen, I am fighting hard for the position,” directed the Romanian-American in statements collected by ‘Motorsport.com’.
“So I am sure that he is motivated. The question will be the age, which catches up with all of us, I have no idea when, or if that is going to happen.”he pointed out, again casting doubt on how long Fernando Alonso can perform at the level he showed in Bahrain and whether that performance will be consistent.
He maintains the argument he presented in 2022
It should be noted that Otmar, after the announcement of the signing of Alonso by Aston Martin, has already spoken about these doubts. “There comes a time when something physiological happens to a driver, and you don’t have the same ability that you had when you were young. I think it happened with Michael (Schumacher), and I think it’s fair to say that Michael Schumacher at 42 is not me the same driver at 32 or 35,” he said at the time.
“It happens to other athletes. This also happens to car drivers. So we’re all for, yeah, if you’re performing at the high level for sure, we’ll keep you. But let’s do it one year at a time, and I think Alonso wanted a longer duration”, he pointed out that time. Now, after Alonso’s podium, he insists on that issue.
Source: La Verdad
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